Bug Testing

A month ago, I blogged about the ongoing saga of a conflict between Microsoft’s Windows Home Server and the version of CA Anti-Virus 2007 for Windows Vista. Namely, that a Vista computer won’t boot up correctly when both the CA software and the connector software for Windows Home Server are installed on it. The computer just hangs.

 

I see that today the various reports of the issue from different users, and corroborated by yet other users, have been marked by Microsoft in their bug feedback system as "Closed". And the reason given? "Not Reproducible". This is either evidence that people invent reasons to meet their bug-fixing targets, or proof that Microsoft developers live in a different universe to the rest of us mortals. Colour me as not impressed.